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What Style Are My Wedding Photos?

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Photo styles are how your photographer captures your day and how your images are going to look in your final gallery. Different photographers have different styles and they achieve them by using their cameras in different ways, posing people using different methods, and editing their final photos with different settings. Choosing a photographer whose style […]

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Mary Grace and Mason’s Heavenly Waco Wedding

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Mary Grace and Mason’s traditional Catholic wedding was filled with family and fun. The couple’s peaceful and prepared attitudes made the day a breeze. The day began with Mary Grace and her girls getting ready to the soundtrack of High School Musical. Then when the ceremony began, the incense and other Catholic wedding traditions gave […]

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Top 3 Country Wedding Venues In Waco

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When it comes to picking a wedding venue you want to make sure that the place where you say “I do,” is going to be the right fit for you and your future spouse. As a Texas wedding photographer, I have learned that some of the most beautiful venues capitalize on the natural beauty that […]

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Intimate Rural Waco Wedding

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Ashley and Ethan had such a special wedding. Their intimate Waco wedding venue created a warm and cozy backdrop for their family-filled wedding. After over a decade of knowing each other, their wedding was the perfect fairy tale ending.  The couple had a first look, and took couples portraits around the venue. The ceremony took […]

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Picture Perfect Fall Waco Wedding

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The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for Callie and Al’s outdoor fall wedding. The calm, cool weather reflected the feelings of the day. Callie and her father had a sweet and emotional moment as they did a personal first look filled with watering eyes and smiles.  The ceremony was lit up by string lights […]

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Choosing Your Texas Wedding Photographer

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Choosing a photographer for your Texas wedding can seem like an overwhelming task. Texas is a large state and there is no short supply of wedding photographers. So how do you know if a photographer is right for you? I have created a list to help you decide if you have found the right Texas […]

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Austin Venues You Won’t Regret

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Everyone knows that your venue is one of the most important parts of the wedding. But venues aren’t just for your actual wedding, they can be used for engagement photos as well. Your engagement photos should be stunning and bring out all of your personality as they will likely be featured in your engagement announcement, […]

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When Should You Book Your Wedding Photographer?

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A lot of wedding planning comes down to timing. You want to make sure that your venues and vendors are booked early. Booking your wedding photographer is no different. This article will explore some strategies for deciding when the right time is to book your wedding photographer. Confirm Your Wedding Date The first step you […]

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Where to Submit Your Wedding For Publication

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POV: you had the perfect wedding with the most exciting moments and beautiful photos and now it’s all over and you’re crashing big time. The fun doesn’t have to end though! Here are 7 central Texas wedding publications that accept submissions to (hopefully) publish your wedding, so you can be an inspiration to others and […]

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How to keep your surprise proposal a surprise

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Surprise proposals can be so much fun. The question is, how do you get your future fiance to a picturesque location with a photographer without them noticing? Here are two common ways to keep your proposal discreet, but still have photos of the big moment: Come up with reasons to have a photographer One way […]

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